CVE-2026-46570CWE-122

CVE-2026-46570

High · published October 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_index_walk_down() in libntfs-3g/index.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered by reading the special crafted file metadata.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00149 · 3.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-10-07T19:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
tuxera/ntfs-3g< 2026.7.72026.7.7
References (2)
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases#release-2026.7.7 · [email protected]https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-m6qq-pv5j-2wxc · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 OCT 03:29Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 07 OCT 00:00Z
    In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_index_walk_down() in libntfs-3g/index.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the…
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